[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

I had a good laugh when I went through Windsor Castle and saw the armor made for Henry VIII’s portly size.

I don’t recall Henry leading his troops into battle so the armor was no doubt ceremonial. Like Clinton, he was too busy with the ladies to bother about war.

[LexBaird]

I had a good laugh when I went through Windsor Castle and saw the armor made for Henry VIII’s portly size.

I don’t recall Henry leading his troops into battle so the armor was no doubt ceremonial.

In his youth, Henry was a great jousting and tournament aficionado. The full plate of his was meant for that, not war. By Henry's time, guns, pikes and heavy crossbows had supplanted the armored knight. Henry's dad, Henry (Tudor) VII, met Richard III in the last battle lead by an English monarch in the field, IIRC.